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Switching Xorg keyboard layout on OpenBSD

    

I own laptops with a French keyboard. And when my Cloud servers reboot for maintenance, I have to enter their FDE passphrase. This is done by some VNC-like stuff that don’t work well with non-US layout keyboard. Here’s a few minimalistic options to switch keyboard layout on OpenBSD.

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Statistics from Freebox Revolution into Xymon server

    

For those who may not know, the “Freebox Revolution” is the 6th release of the access box from the French ADSL/FTTH provider named “Free”. In my case, it provides Internet access via FTTH. The box has a Web management interface from where you can configure and check statistics. The only “sad” news is that it does not provide any SNMP service. The only way to keep a eye on what goes through the ports is to log on the Web interface. Here’s how I use the Web interface to grab metrics and show them in Xymon.

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Improve Synology DS409slim shell using ipkg

    

I own a Synology DS409slim on which I have enabled SSH. The primary idea was just to have a look behind the hoods. This is quite simple: browse to the configuration panel, select the terminal services section and active the SSH daemon.

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Change user shell on Mac OS X

    

I am used to using ksh on my *BSD box. I have configured a tweaked .profile with colors and aliases. I already used it with the default bash. But today, I want to switch to ksh on the Mac too. And that’s quite simple: # chsh -s /bin/ksh That’s All!

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